Would you marry for any other reason than love?

United States
December 16, 2007 1:11pm CST
The only reason I would marry is to keep a friend from being deported.I don't believe you have to marry the one you love to be with them.And I would rather be a rich man's mistress than his wife.But if a close friend, a person I really knew, needed to marry to stay here in the States, I would marry him.I would love him as a friend already so we could marry.How about you.
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@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
16 Dec 07
Do you know that you can go to jail for marrying someone to keep them from being deported or to give them citizenship? You have to be very careful because they really investigate that stuff. I had a friend get caught doing that. He got deported and she went to jail. I did marry once without love. I was not in love with my second husband. Actually I do not think there is any such thing as love. There is lust, like, need, friendship, and companionship. Anyway, my kids picked him and wanted him around because they liked to camp and canoe and fish etc. Well he couldn't just live with us because that was a bad example for two young girls so I married him. Bad mistake. All he wanted was the money I was making. Such is life.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
Adoniah,I believe in love but not marriage.If a man wants to marry, he isn't looking for me.Helping a friend stay was the only reason I could think of marrying.
• United States
17 Dec 07
"Well he couldn't just live with us because that was a bad example for two young girls" Why? How?
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• Philippines
17 Dec 07
thats a stupid marriage... marrying bcoz u want him to stay or any ader reason that concludes that ur only frens in heart.. thats ridiculous!!! oh my god!!! i know im not in the place to say this but that relationship wont work... coz ur foundation is weak.. sorry if i offense u with these but i strongly disagree with that!!!
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• United States
17 Dec 07
There is no friend. This was the only reason I could think of marrying anyone.My perfect relationship is where each person is with the one they always wanted but there isn't a marriage.
• United States
17 Dec 07
No offense take.
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
its ok.. i think that marriage without love would not succeed.. its possible but id ont think it would last.. marriage is a holy ceremony where u bow to each ader that u will LOVE him/her until the end// and u suppose to love him... tnx a nd gud day!!!
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@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
17 Dec 07
I could never marry anyone for any other reason. I need to be in love with someone. I can't marry for money, or convenience I would always be wondering what I am missing out on if I did.
• United States
17 Dec 07
Sadly you could wonder what you are missing when you marry for love too.
• India
16 Dec 07
No,I won't marry for any other reason than love.Because marriage is commitment for a lifetime and it can only be successful with an equal effort of both the partners and not one of them.Also,if the reason for marriage is not love but some kind of adjustment then even the married couple's child will be unhappy.
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• India
17 Dec 07
Do you want to say that you are never going to have a child after marriage.I only gave the possibility of what would happen if the marriage isn't successful.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
I understand. One of the main reasons I don't want to marry is the pressure society puts on you to have children.I am not saying couples that can't have children shouldn't get married, I just know there isn't a need for me to marry.
• United States
17 Dec 07
I said I would marry him. I didn't say I would have his child.If marriage is only for having children, I definitely would never marry.
@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
17 Dec 07
Yes, for personality and character, sarahruthbeth22! In fact, I have already done just that. I didn't even know the girl who happens to be my wife, before marriage. I was told by the wife of my friend about her noble personality. Later, my parents met her and very much liked her for what she was. I trusted my friend's wife and my parents and I have no regrets at all. It was a bet and I won:-) She is a wonderful girl and a great partner, the first and the last love of my life.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
So you married her because you liked her or to please your parents? Either way I am so glad you are happy.
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@kamran12 (5526)
• Pakistan
20 Dec 07
Hello sarahruthbeth22! My first thought is...for both reasons, i.e. I liked her personality and I wanted to please my parents too, but as I think about it more, it was mainly because of her, more than pleasing my parents because I am not sure if I would have still married her if she wasn't what I was told.
• India
17 Dec 07
marry is social evidence to prove that we live together.there is may reason to marry without love.if a person have not a girl friend or boy friend or still he dint get any one as a life partner.then if he want to marry then he have not reason that he loving any one.so marry cant synonym to love.to pass your life smoothly u need a partner ,who care you and your family that require a partner . and you go for marry.what do u think
• United States
17 Dec 07
Earningmantra, here in the States you don't have to marry. Society doesn't pressure you to marry.Marrying because of society is another reason I don't want to marry. I don't want children, and I am not obligated to make my family happy with a good match.So I am free to love whomever I choose and if we choose not to marry, we don't have to. I can see and I do respect a culture where to pay respect to your family you marry whomever the family chooses. That type of marriage usually is to blend two families. The marriage is for having children.Love may or not come later. And by the way, I could understand what you were saying so keep up the good work with your English. I know I couldn't speak yet type Any word in your language.
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
Kindly improve your English. I cant understand what you mean.
• India
17 Dec 07
I love your frankness and as for me, I don’t really know coz I have practically not experienced any other reasons. I did flirt with a lot of well-heeled guys as I understood the comforts that money brings with it, but either they were too smart or I was too stupid. Anyway, when I met Mr. Right I was blown away too fast for me to understand the financial implications of the relation. He was definitely a very poor guy, much less down the social and financial status than me and yet, I was so much in love. I still am, after more than 10yrs of marriage to him. The road hasn’t been smooth, the journey had a lot of hiccups but I do believe that if I had swapped him for a rich guy, life would definitely have been pampered and charming and yet there would also be a tinge of loss somehow lingering like a thorn somewhere within the deepest recess of my heart.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
Picking money over love is tragic. I am so glad that you found your soulmate.
17 Dec 07
hey, personailly i could never marry for any other reason than love. i mean, how can you commit to someone full if your not in love with them. love is the one thing that were all looking for, so i personailly cant understand people who do marry to keep peopole in the country etc
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• United States
17 Dec 07
This is all hypothetical. If I had a friend who needed to stay here in the States and be free or be deported and either be jailed for some reason or be killed, i would marry him. I can see committing to my true love but I wouldn't marry him.
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
Well, I dont think that I would marry or be with someone with no love at all... its a whole life commitment and it is very difficult to bear all the problems that we would experience feeling no love at all for each other. I believe that LOVE is a very important components of marriages and all kinds of relationship. I believe that family life is affected with our feelings with our other half...
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• United States
17 Dec 07
I agree. If you don't like your partner, it colors everything in the family.I guess that is another reason I wouldn't want to mix marriage with love. I rather have the love and not the marriage.
@mcjeannie (703)
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
I would only marry for love period ,LOL! I believe helping a friend is not a bad act, only that there are consequences and if found out by the authority, you are both at stake to suffer and pay for it!
• United States
17 Dec 07
I know. My friends have told me already. I guess i will never marry because that is the only reason I would marry.
@mojo409 (28)
• India
17 Dec 07
Marrying is not for time pass right? We make somebody our life partner for being with them till the end. We marry someone to help us leading our life till the end. Basically money is not at all important for living and based on that we should not select our husband or wife.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
You don't have to marry the person that you want to "help us lead our life til the end".I agree, Money shouldn't be the only reason to marry or not marry.
• United States
17 Dec 07
I can't see myself marrying anyone I did not love. I was married to someone who didn't have their citizenship, but I was in love with him. We didn't get married to keep him in the states, because he was already in the Us military. For me, marriage without love isn't possible. ~~Taz~~
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• United States
17 Dec 07
For me, marriage with or without love doesn't last. So why try to mix love with marriage. Have one or the other. I choose love.
@nkhanna (922)
• India
17 Dec 07
hi frined.i would not marry anyone for any other reason than love.for me love is above all.if i the love is true then one can do wonders in their career and life as well.lots of money can be made at any point of life.but its really very important for me to live with the person who loves me a lot.alteast there should be one person around me who can understand me and be with me in all my odds.rest other things can be compromised.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
I agree. When you find that person that really understands you, hold on tight. For you that means marriage. For me it doesn't.
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
if i were to marry i would go for love but i would make sure that if i will marry i can raise my children or my kid i dont want to deprive my kid to any materials or food in this wolrd but not to the extend that i will be spoiling my child . so as for me, i would marry for love, but make sure the man that i marry to is capable in raising a family
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• United States
17 Dec 07
Love is good but you do need some money to live.
@mssmith007 (1028)
• United States
16 Dec 07
For me personally... I would never marry for any other reason but love. In my opinion -- marriage is something you should cherish and only share with one person. Marriage just seems to common these days, you see celebrities marrying and divorcing a number of times within a few years. Before someone decides to marry they should really get to know that person even if it takes 5+ years! It's odd seeing couples together for just a few months and then they are already married, seems like a lot of people aren't taking marriage seriously.
• United States
17 Dec 07
I believe true love is what you share with one person and for me trying to mix it with marriage wouldn't work. if it is true love, you don't need a piece of paper, permission from the state, to be together forever. I guess I would stay longer with a person I didn't marry than a husband.
@pickles12 (308)
• Canada
16 Dec 07
i dont kno if i would marry someone to keep them here ... to me marriage isnt something that u just go into its something u do cause u love the person u are with and want to spend the rest of your life with them
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• United States
17 Dec 07
If you and your love both see it that way, I hope it works out. I am for everyone's wedding but mine.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
17 Dec 07
If this one treats me so well and loves me deeply. He will do anything for me to make me moved. I think I will marry to him because of it.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
Mutual respect can lead to love.
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
17 Dec 07
The first time I was married I was way too young. I married for all the wrong reasons. I guess I was in love, I don't know. This time I definitely married for love. Each marriage was/is hard in different ways. I would never marry for any other reason than for love now. Marriage is hard enough WITH love, there is no way I would marry without it. Plus, I would feel like true love may pass me by while I am married to someone for convenience. No thanks.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
I am happy that you found your true soulmate.I guess my vision of marriage is way too old fashioned. I would rather not marry anyone I love. I would rather live with him instead.Marriage and romantic love is hard to mix. So I rather have one without the other. And if I had to pick, I would choose love over marriage.
@asgtswife04 (2475)
• United States
17 Dec 07
Unfortunately, I did marry and not love the person on my first marriage. I was pregnant and felt it was the right thing to do. i can't say i didn't love him...i just wasn't in love with him and knew he was not the right person for me. After we got divorced, I knew in my heart I would never marry again unless it was true love. I am now happily married to the love of my life and it's wonderful. No worries, no doubts...just knowing that this was the person that I was born to love and cherish the rest of my life. There is no way I would ever marry again, even if something happened to my husband or for some reason it didn't work out. I believe there is that one special person that was sent for you to love and only love them. I wouldn't ever marry again just to marry. It's not worth it in the end. God bless
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• United States
17 Dec 07
I believe in the one person you were meant to be with. I just don't believe in marrying them.I can see being with that special person for the rest of my life but not if I marry him.I am so glad wverything worked out for you. Take care.
• United States
17 Dec 07
I made the mistake of marrying someone becasue I didn't want to lose him. I figured we could be together forever because we had the same interests and wanted the same things. It turned out I really only loved him as a friend and the security he brought me. Of course it ended badly so this time it was for love and is so much better.
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• United States
17 Dec 07
I am weird. I would think that it wouldn't work because we ruined it by getting married.I hope you find the person you want and that they want what you want.